24 Bird -Lore 



New Haven, Conn. (Edgewood Park and Mitchell's Hill). — ii a.m. to 2 I'.m. 

 Clear; ground bare; lifj;lit northwcsi wind; temp. 36°. Conditions apparently ideal, 

 but unusually small number of birds. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 4; Crow, 12; Blue Jay, i; Starling, 29; White-throated Spar- 

 row, 6; Tree Sparrow, 60; Song Sparrow, 9; Fox Sparrow, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 4; Chickadee, 4. Total, 12 species, 132 individuals.— Clifford H. Pangburn. 



New Haven, Conn. (Edgewood Park and Mitchell's Hill). — Dec. 25; 9.45 a.m. to 

 12 M. Bright sun; ground covered with ten inches of snow; no wind; temp, rising, 26° 

 to 41°. Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 

 i; Blue Jay, s; Crow, 6; Starling, 23; Goldfinch, 3; White-throated Sparrow, 4; Tree 

 Sparrow, 11; Junco, 2; Song Sparrow, 14; Fox Sparrow, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 2. Total, 16 species, 81 individuals. — D. B. Pang- 

 burn. 



New London, Conn. — 10.15 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Clear; snow on ground; wind 

 southwest, light; temp. 42°. Horned Grebe, 21; Herring Gull, 62; Golden-eye, 22; 

 Kingfisher, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 43; 

 Meadowlark (singing), 8; Tree Sparrow, 26; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 8; Myrtle 

 Warbler, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 8; Robin, i; Bluebird (singing), 5. 

 Total, 18 species, 213 individuals. — Frances M. Graves. 



South Norwalk, Conn, — Dec. 25. Pleasant, 5° above zero at seven o'clock, 40° 

 at noon, no wind, twelve inches of snow. Black Duck, 40; Herring Gull, 50; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 3; Horned Lark, 200; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 20; Starling, 50; Meadowlark, 12; 

 Goldfinch, 17; Tree Sparrow, 10; Junco, 5; Song Sparrow, 7; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle 

 Warbler, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 20. Total, 16 species, 446 individ- 

 uals. — Wilbur F. Smith. 



Wilton, Conn.^Dec. 26; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; seven inches of snow; still; temp. 

 32°. Belted Kingfisher, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Crow, 3; Starhng, 6; Tree Sparro\/, 

 25; Jiinco, 30; Song Sparrow, 4; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chicka- 

 dee, 7. Total, 10 species, 83 individuals. Bluebirds, 3, on December 23. — Norman 

 DeW. Betts. 



Buffalo, N. Y. (Delaware Park). — Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; ground barely 

 covered with snow; wind south, brisk; temp. 34°. Herring Gull, 3; Crow, 5; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 9. Total, 4 species, 18 individuals. — Mrs. George 



M. Turner. 



Collins, N. Y. (Hospital grovinds and woods). — Dec. 25; 8.45 to 10 a.m.; 12.30 to 



I p.m. Clear; eight inches of snow; wind southwest, moderate; temp. 35°. Downy 



Woodpecker, i; Horned Lark, 12; Crow, 3; Cowbird, i male with House Sparrows; 



Tree Sparrow, 2; Junco, 10; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted 



Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 10 species, 37 individuals.— .\nne E. Perkins, M.D. 

 Dresden, N. Y. — Dec. 22; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Partly cloudy; one inch of snow; wind 



fairly strong, southwest; temp. 28° to 32°. Horned Grebe, i ; Herring Gull, 4; Canvasback, 



2; .\merican Golden-eye, 65; American Scaup, 40; Old-squaw, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 



2; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Marsh Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 4; 



Prairie Horned Lark, 14; Crow, 28; Tree Sparrow, 54; Junco, 7; Song Sparrow, i; 



Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 12; Chickadee, 87; Golden-crowned 



Kinglet, 7. Total, 20 species, 336 individuals. — B. B. Fulton. 



Flushing to Jamaica, L. I. and return. — Dec. 29. Clear and quiet; snow on ground; 



temp. 40° to 45°. Herring Gull, i; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; 



Sparrow Hawk, i; Great Horned Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; Crow, 15; 



Starling, 25; Meadowlark, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 25; Junco, i; 



Song Sparrow, 10; Swamp Sparrow, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 5. 



Total, 17 species, loi individuals. — Howarth S. Boyle. 



